THE STATE OF ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN

Jim Guenther, President and CEO of Economics Wisconsin, explained that they are a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization founded in 1963 by a group of business leaders, educators, laborers and agriculturalists. Their mission is to provide economic and financial education for kids K-12. They have 8 centers for economic education located in Wisconsin: U. W. Oshkosh, U. W. Parkside, Lakeland College in Milwaukee and Sheboygan, U. W. Stevens Point, Edgewood College, U. W. Whitewater and U. W. River Falls. These centers offer programs in economics to K-12 teachers in their geographic locations. Economics Wisconsin focuses on teachers because they believe that it is the most effective and efficient way to reach K-12 kids. If you educate one teacher, you can impact 30-150 kids each year. Last year, 5,000 teachers went through one of their programs. To read more, please click here.